The Phillies have acquired outfielder/infielder Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for first baseman Darin Ruf and second baseman Darnell Sweeney, vice president and general manager Matt Klentak announced today.

Darin Cortland Ruf Bio Info

Darin Cortland Ruf… Married Libby Schuring (12/3/11); one son, Henry Cortland (11/5/15)… 2005 graduate of Westside High School (NE), where he played baseball, football and basketball… 2009 graduate of Creighton University (NE), where he was named 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year… Hobbies: Golf and traveling… Signed by: David Seifert.

2015

Made the Phillies Opening Day roster...Hit .371 (36-97), .660 SLG % vs LHP; among NL players, T-4th in HR vs LHP (8)...Made 62 ML starts: 43 at first base and 19 in LF; started the final 17 games of the season...Slugged his first career pinch HR, 4/12 vs WSH (Xavier Cedeno)...Tied his career high with three hits twice, 5/4 at ATL and 9/1 at NYM...Had his first career walk-off hit (single), 6/2 vs CIN...Optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 6/13 and played in seven games before being recalled on 6/24 (Chase Utley DL'd)...Collected a career-high six RBI, 9/1 at NYM, which were the most by a Phillie in a single game since 6/28/13 (Delmon Young at LAD - 6 RBI)...Led the team in HR (6) and RBI (19) in September/October

2014

Began the season on the 15-day DL with a left oblique strain suffered during spring training; had a three-game rehab assignment with Clearwater (A) before being activated on 5/15 and assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)... Recalled on 5/21 and appeared in seven games before being optioned back to Lehigh Valley on 6/1... Was on the DL with a right knee laceration, 6/4-7/5; included a rehab assignment with Gulf Coast League Phillies (R), 6/30-7/5... Was recalled again on 7/22... Started 25 games between both stints: 13 in LF and 12 at first base... Made his first professional appearance at third base, 8/2 at WSH; played 1.0 inning there and collected an assist... Batted .282 (22-78), 8 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB, .348 OBP, .500 SLG % in his 25 starts, including .316 (18-57) in his final 17 starts... Played for Licey of the Dominican Winter League

2013

Among NL rookies, was T-2nd in HBP (7), T-4th in walks (33) and 5th in HR (14)... Began the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA)... Reached base safely in 18 straight games, 4/22-5/15... Set a Lehigh Valley record with 12 total bases in a 9.0-inning game, 4/28 at Louisville (4-5, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI)... Was recalled on 7/6 (Ryan Howard DL'd)... Reached base safely in his first 24 games, extending his streak to 33 consecutive games dating to 2012 (9/25/12-8/6/13; .408 OBP)... His on-base streak was the longest by a Phillie since Chase Utley's 33-game streak over the 2008 and 2009 seasons... Had the most HR (14) by a Phillies rookie since 2005 (Ryan Howard - 22)... His 9 HR in August were 1st in the NL and T-3rd in MLB and most by a Phillies rookie in a month since 2005 (Ryan Howard - 10 in September)... Following his recall on 7/6, led the Phillies in HR (14), XBH (25), total bases (115), walks (33), HBP (7), OBP (.348), SLG % (.458) and games (73)... Played RF for the 1st time in his professional career, 8/6 vs CHI... Made 70 starts for the Phillies: 28 at 1st base, 27 in RF and 15 in LF; for Lehigh Valley, played 59 games in LF and 19 at 1st base

2012Named Eastern League MVP and Rookie of the Year
... Was the starting 1st baseman for the Eastern Division
Eastern League All-Star team (1-1, 2B, BB, R); also named
to EL postseason All-Star team
... Led all minor league players in HR (38) and set a Reading
(AA) franchise record
... Led the EL in RBI (104), SLG % (.620), XBH (71), total
bases (303) & OBP (.408), T-1st in games (139) & SF (11),
ranked 2nd in AVG (.317) & runs (93), 3rd in hits (155) &
walks (65), T-7th in doubles (32) and 9th in AB (489)
... Won the 2012 Joe Bauman Home Run Award as the top
home run hitter in Minor League Baseball
... Had 2 HR through his first 28 games and 36 HR through
his final 111 games
... Collected season highs in hits (5) and runs (4), 4/17 at
Richmond (5-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R)
... Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week,
4/16-22 (.429, 3 2B, HR, 4 RBI)
... Won Phillies Minor League Player of the Month honors
for April (.378, 6 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
... Homered in 4 straight games, 5/6-10
... Named EL Player of the Week, 5/7-13 (.455, 3 2B, 3 HR,
12 RBI)
... Had a season-high 6 RBI, 5/10 at New Britain
... Had 3 multi-HR games: 5/22 at Harrisburg, 8/3 vs
Binghamton and 8/13 vs Trenton
... Made his 2nd professional pitching appearance, 7/3 vs
New Hampshire (0.1 IP)
... Named EL Player of the Month and Phillies Player of the
Month for August (.371, 5 2B, 20 HR, 36 RBI, 13 BB,
.451 OBP, .931 SLG %)
... Became the 2nd known professional player to hit 20 HR
in one calendar month, joining CHI's Sammy Sosa
(June 1998)
... Had a season-best 14-game hitting streak, 8/19-9/1
(.412, 21-51, 3 2B, 9 HR, 19 RBI)
... Reached base safely in his final 24 minor league games,
8/11-9/3 (.438 OBP); final 28 games including
postseason (.426 OBP)
... Hit .214 (3-14), 2B, HR, RBI, 3 BB in 4 EL playoff games
... Had his contract selected by the Phillies on 9/10
... Made his ML debut as a pinch-hitter, 9/14 at HOU (0-1)
... Homered for his 1st ML hit, 9/25 vs WSH (Ross Detwiler);
became the 20th player in Phillies history to homer for
his 1st ML hit and the 3rd active Phillie (Utley &
Mayberry)
... Had his 1st ML multi-HR game, 10/2 at WSH
... Hit .421 (8-19), 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1.053 SLG % in 6
games vs WSH
... Of his 11 ML hits, 6 went for extra bases (2 2B, 3B, 3 HR,
.727 SLG %)
... After the season, played for La Guaira in the Venezuelan
Winter League (32 G, 8 2B, 10 HR, 27 RBI).2011Spent entire season with Clearwater (A)...Led Florida State League in doubles and total bases (245), 2nd in hits, 3rd in SLG % (.506), 4th in RBI and T-5th in games...Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 7/4-10...Collected a season-high 5 RBI, 4/26 at Tampa...Homered in 3 consecutive games, 7/23-25...Reached base safely in 18 straight games, 7/31-8/20, which included a season-long 13 game hitting streak...Batted .366 (37-101) with 23 RBI over 29 games in July...Clubbed 13 of his 17 HR after the All-Star break...Hit .343 with RISP (47-137)...Batted .358 vs LHP (44-123)...Pitched 2.0 innings of relief during a franchise-record 23.0-inning game at Jupiter, 5/23 (2-1 loss)...Also appeared in games at 1st base, 3rd base and LF...Played for Scottsdale in Arizona Fall League.2010Began season with Lakewood (A)...Had aseason-high 5 hits, 5/12 at Greenville, and was promoted to Clearwater the following day...Named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week, 5/24-30....T-2nd in FSL in doubles...Hit .326 (45-138) vs LHP between both levels.2009Began pro career with Gulf Coast League Phillies (R)...Transferred to Williamsport (A), 7/25...Participated in Florida Instructional League.